Marek Belka (born 1952)
Born 1952 CE.
Marek Marian Belka (born 9 January 1952) is a Polish economist and politician who served as the prime minister and finance minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former head of the National Bank of Poland. He served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. He has published over 100 scientific papers devoted mainly to money theory and anti-inflation policy in developing countries. He specializes in applied economics and contemporary economic thought. He is also a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He held a number of important public functions in Poland and abroad. In 1990 he became an advisor and consultant at the ministry of finance, followed by the ministry of ownership transformations and the Central Planning Office. In 1994–1996 he was the vice-chairman of the Council of Socio-Economic Strategy at the Council of Ministers, and then economic advisor to the president of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski. In 1996 he became a consultant at the World Bank.
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